Railroad-tie.



J. D. CLEMENT & N. C. TAYLOR.

RAILROAD TIE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, 1913.

Patented May 26, 1914.

Wl TNESSES coLUMnIA vLANoGRAPM co., WASHINGTON. D. C

JAY D. CLEMENT AND NATHAN C. TAYLOR, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

RAILROAD-TIE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JAY D. CLEMENT andNATHAN G. TAYLOR, citizens of the United States of America, residing atDetroit, in the county of 1Wayne and State of Michigan, have inventedcertain new and useful improvements in Railroad-Ties, of which thefollowing is a. specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

This invention relates to railroad ties, and the principal objectof theinvention is to provide a tie having an I-beam construction and providedwith reinforcing webs to prevent the Lbeam from being broken.

Another object of the invention is to provide the tie with improvedmeans for connecting a rail with the tie.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tie showing the same in place withthe rails indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectionalview through the tie. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 taken at adifferent point in the tie. Fig. d is a perspective view of one of thebracing webs. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the plates whichengage the rails.

This invention comprises a tie of substantially I-beam construction andprovided with a central web 10 from which there extends the upper andlower flanges 11 and 12. The head of the tie is provided withtransversely-extending grooves 13 forming rail seats and is alsoprovided with openings 14: positioned upon opposite sides of the grooves13 and provided with enlarged inner end portions 15 forming pockets inwhich the heads 16 of the bolts 17 fit. These pockets are rectangular sothat the bolts are prevented from rotating after the securing nuts 1Sare tightened.

The securing plates 19 are placed upon the bolts and have their innerend portions 2O bent upwardly and overhanging the grooves 13 to engagethe base of a rail and Specification of Letters Patent. Applicationfiled .Tune 9, 1913. Serial No. 772,679.

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hold the rail in place. These securing plates are provided withlongitudinally-extending slots 21 so that the plate will be adjustablymounted and thus permitted to be moved to extend across the rail seatthe proper distance.

Bracing webs i2 are placed between the upper and lowerl anges of the tieand are provided with side flanges 23 provided with openings 241permitting the rivets 25 to be passed through the tie to hold the websin place. lt should be noted that some of these webs are placed beneaththe rail seats 13 and that the rest of the webs are distributed along.the tie between the rail seats to reinforce the tie. In case one ofthese webs is broken, the web may be readily7 removed and a new oneinserted without it being necessary to remove the tie from the track.

When this device is in use, the ties are put in place and the rails arethen laid upon the ties in the rail seats 13. The securing plates 19 arethen put upon the ties and after the bolts have been passed through thealined openings 111 and 21, the securing nuts are screwed tight andsecurely held in place.

What is claimed as new is 1:-

kA railway tie comprising a body having a substantially -beam shape,said body having rail seats formed in its upper surface, and bracingwebs shaped to conform to the shape of thel side of the body and havingbase flanges adapted tovbe fastened to the upper surface of the base ofthe body and upright side flanges adapted to be fastened to the web ofthe body, said braces being located beneath said rail seats andintermediate the length of the tie.

ln testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JAY n. CLEMENT. NATHAN c. TAYLOR.

Vitnesses:

-MARY W. BUSH,

Ha'rrm M. AURINGER.

Gopes of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner-of Patentsv Washington, D. G.

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